It is the end of World War I and the young Italian soldiers are making their way back to San Giovanni Rotondo, a land of poverty, with a tradition of violence and submission to the iron-clad rule of the church and its wealthy landowners. Families are desperate, the men are broken, albeit victorious. Padre Pio also arrives, at a remote Capuchin monastery, to begin his ministry, evoking an aura of charisma, saintliness and epic visions of Jesus, Mary and the Devil himself. The eve of the first free elections in Italy sets the stage for a massacre with a metaphorical dimension: an apocalyptic event that changes the course of history.
Directed by Abel Ferrara
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Shia LaBeouf
Padre Pio
Cristina Chiriac
Giovanni
Marco Leonardi
Gerardo
Asia Argento
Tall Man
Vincenzo Crea
Luigi
Luca Lionello
Silvestro
Brando Pacitto
Renato
Stella Mastrantonio
Elvira
Salvatore Ruocco
Vincenzo
Federico Majorana
Michele
Michelangelo Dalisi
Martina Gatti
Anna
Alessio Montagnani
Antonio
Roberta Mattei
Susanna
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